Cop Writes 2,400 Traffic Tickets, Scores OT

ABC TV Detroit reports:

IN A LOCAL SUBURB THE MORE TICKETS THAT SOME TRAFFIC OFFICERS WRITE THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE TO GET PAID OVER TIME.
IT’S A SYSTEM THAT’S ALLOWING ONE OFFICER TO CASH IN BIG TIME.


WARREN POLICE OFFICER DAVID KANAPSKY WROTE THOUSANDS OF TRAFFIC TICKETS LAST YEAR. AND HE RAKED IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF OVERTIME PAY. MANY DRIVERS HE TICKETED SAY THEY HAD A CLEAN RECORD UNTIL THEY CROSSED PATHS WITH KANAPSKY.

WARREN POLICE OFFICER DAVID KANAPSKY SPENDS A LOT OF TIME IN COURT.

THAT’S BECAUSE HE WRITES A LOT OF TRAFFIC TICKETS …

Kanapsky saying person rolled through stop sign

…MOST OF THEM ARE FOR STOP SIGN VIOLATIONS. IN FACT, LAST YEAR OFFICER KANAPSKY WROTE 2,347 TICKETS JUST FOR STOP SIGN VIOLATIONS.
BUT MANY DRIVERS KANAPSKY TICKETED INSIST THEY DID STOP.

Brenda Harris/Ticketed driver “I absolutely positively stopped at that stop sign.”

Nicole Barksdale/Ticket driver: “I was angry, honestly, I was angry because I knew I stopped.”

Pam Smith/Ticketed Driver: “I’m positive I stopped. I am positive.”

PAM SMITH WAS GOING TO WORK WHEN KANAPSKY PULLED HER OVER ON A ROAD THAT SHE HAS BEEN TRAVELING FOR TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS.

Pam Smith: “I’m very familiar what the speed limit is 25 and I know where the stop sign is.”

SO WHEN THE OFFICER PULLED HER OVER, PAM WAS SHOCKED.

Pam Smith: “I was just flabbergasted at that, thinking, what the heck, I did stop.”

NICOLE BARKSDALE SAYS SHE IS CERTAIN SHE STOPPED BECAUSE SHE KNEW KANAPSKY MONITORED THE I-696 SERVICE DRIVE NEAR RYAN.

Nicole Barksdale/Ticketed Driver: “I knew he was there. I just saw him pull up and I knew that he sat there.”

THE INTERSECTION NICOLE IS TALKING ABOUT HAS A YIELD SIGN NOW.

Via LRC Blog